FOOD & NUTRITION ▲
WORDS: FIONA BUGLER, IMAGES: WILL IRELAND
REMEMBER WHEN EATING
CHEESE, RED MEAT AND
BUTTER WAS DUBBED
UNHEALTHY? NOW
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOOD
FOR YOU. SO, TUCK IN...
O
ther than processed,
synthetic food which is
laden with sugar and
other horrors, most of
the food you eat these
days will contain some 'good' vitamins
and nutrients that you need to
function and to keep you fuelled.
In recent years, it's clear that the
one-si e- ts-a a roach doesn t work
and when it comes to dietary advice,
new evidence has shi ed the oodie
consensus, making many of the
old baddies like cheese, white bread,
butter, eggs, red meat and chocolate
not ust off the b ack ist but actua y
ranking high on the good list.
1
CHEESE
Thanks to its high-fat, highcalorie content plus the fact it's
loaded with sodium, cheese has had
a bad reputation for many years. But,
like all food, you need to look closer at
the whole nutrition package.
Cheese is a one of the least expensive,
widely available sources of protein,
calcium and B12. Some studies have
even suggested it's actually good for
the heart. One from 2016 published
in the Journal of the American
Heart Association found higher milk
consumption may be associated with
lower stroke risk. Another study of
2,600 French people in the British
Journal of Nutrition showed 89%
opted for full fat cheese but they were
healthy and lived long lives.
Nutritionist and owner of My Body
Fabulous (mybodyfabulous.co.uk),
Amie Richmond, agrees we can
tolerate saturated fats and enjoy
cheese, but she says an estimated 33%
of us are lactose intolerant and may
enjoy low lactose cheese options from
shee goats and buffa o i k such as
eta Manchego uffa o o are a
Halloumi, Pecorino or Roquefort.
2
WHITE BREAD
re ned carbohydrate with a
surplus of sugar that causes the
www.athomemagazine.co.uk AUGUST 2017 | 177

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